Jesse Watters on Monday described the “upside” of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) in a potential run for president ― but his take on “The Five” quickly devolved into innuendo and a “white people” detour.
The Fox News host, playing provocateur, noted that Democrats Kamala Harris “cannot win,” Gavin Newsom “needs to be medicated,” and Pete Buttigieg is “boring and gay, which you never see.”
“AOC has the most upside,” Watters concluded.
“Upside?” co-host Greg Gutfeld interrupted. “Really? Jesse?”
“Downside, too?” Watters cracked.
They laughed, perhaps in a bro nod to Ocasio-Cortez accusing Watters of “sexualizing” her on his show earlier this year. (For his part, Gutfeld recently snarked about the congresswoman, “All I’m thinking about is her behind!”)
“She does have a lot of growth potential,” Watters said Monday in a brief effort to restore pseudo-seriousness. “Like when I saw her go to Michigan and she was eating different types of food. She was getting some fresh air and, like, being around white people. It was almost like she was seeing America for the first time. And that’s good.”
“Her problem is, people with money don’t wanna give it to her because she hates business,” he added, perhaps referring to her stance against corporate greed. “So she’s gonna have to pretend to like business in order to get money.”
Watters then described Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) as “too Jewish,” and Jewish co-host Jessica Tarlov made it clear she would not take his bait.
“I like that Jesse says that he would just like to see AOC with more white people, that that would make him more comfortable,” she said.
“It would make her more comfortable with us and America,” Watters replied.
“She feels fine about you,” Tarlov said.
“That’s not what she said,” Watters replied. “She accused me of sexual harassment.”
“I don’t wanna get between you two about that,” Tarlov said.